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Tuesday, February 7, 2017

Muslim Literature

The recent shooting at a mosque in Quebec City has been much
on my mind.Six Muslim men were killed
while at prayer.The young man who has
been charged obviously knew little about Islam and Muslims.Being an avid reader, I started thinking
about Muslim literature and how little I've read written by or about Muslims.

In the last year, I did discover one Muslim writer, Ausma
Zehanat Khan.Born in Britain, and
raised mostly in Canada, Ausma Zehanat Khan now lives in the U.S.She has published two crime fiction books
featuring a Muslim Toronto cop, Insp. Esa Khattak, who heads up the city’s
community policing section, which handles “minority-sensitive” cases.

Here I will post reviews of books I have just finished reading and news items and articles of interest. All discussions will be related to books and reading. There will be no advertising since I'm not interested in making money, just sharing.

I hope you enjoy my postings and reviews and share my blog with friends. Happy Reading!

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“I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of anything than of a book! -- When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library.”

― Jane Austen

About Me

I'm a retired English teacher/teacher-librarian who, after 30 years, left the classroom and became a copyeditor and book reviewer. Reading has always been my passion and now, in our new home, I have, thanks to my husband, the library of my dreams. For many years, before I retired and moved, I belonged to THE Timmins Book Club which is one of the oldest in North America, with minutes dating back to 1938; I submitted an article about us and it was featured on the LitLovers.com website: http://www.litlovers.com/featured-clubs/timmins-book-club. Now I'm trying to start a global book club of sorts with my blog: http://schatjesshelves.blogspot.ca/.